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Our Team

We are a passionate group of SLPs who love to work with children, teens and young adults where they feel most authentically themselves, at home! We are enthusiastic about using a play-based, developmental approach that focuses on our client's strengths.

More about each team member:

Alysha Watson (she/her)

Speech-Language Pathologist, M.Cl.Sc.

Alysha travels from Nobleton, Ontario to the following communities from Monday to Friday:

  • Nobleton

  • Kleinburg

  • North Richmond Hill (King & Bathurst area)

  • North Brampton 

  • Virtual - Ontario wide

Education: 

  • Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Linguistics, Western University

  • Master of Clinical Science, Communication Sciences and Disorders (Speech-Language Pathology), Western University

Clinical Areas of Focus:

  • Language skills 

  • Gestalt Language Processors

  • Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC)

  • Literacy development 

  • Special interest in supporting autistic children

Professional Memberships and Associations:​

  • Registered with the College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO)

  • Member of Speech-Language & Audiology Canada (SAC)

  • Member with the Hanen Centre (certified in It Takes Two to Talk)

Professional Development:​

  • Meaningful Speech Course (for the evaluation and treatment of Gestalt Language Processors) 

  • Introduction to Sensory Integration Difficulties

  • OSLA: Advanced Literacy Practices: Making it Happen (structured literacy intervention for SLPs) 

  • SMARTER Intervention (structured literacy intervention) through Ascend Learning Centre

  • Natural Language Acquisition in Autism: Echolalia to Self-Generated Language, Levels 1 & 2

  • Foundations of AAC: An Interprofessional Course

Languages:

  • English

Olivia Lazzaro (she/her)

Speech-Language Pathologist, M.H.Sc.

Olivia is accepting new clients and travels from Bolton, Ontario to the following communities on Sundays:

  • Bolton

  • Nobleton

  • Kleinburg

  • Virtual: Ontario-wide

Education:

  • Bachelor of Science in Biology, York University

  • Master of Health Science in Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto

Clinical Areas of Focus:

  • Articulation and Phonology

Professional Memberships and Associations:​

  • Registered with the College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO)

  • Member of Speech-Language & Audiology Canada (SAC)

Professional Development:​

  • How clinical phonetics helps with target selection with speech and sound therapy (Cari Ebert, MS, CCC-SLP)

  • How to prepare for speech therapy using the principals of motor learning (SLP Summit)

  • Feel more confident using minimal pairs (Rebecca Reinking)

Languages:

  • English

Jessica Ralph (she/her)

Speech-Language Pathologist, M.H.Sc.

Jessica travels from Newmarket, Ontario to the following communities on Wednesdays:

  • Newmarket

  • Aurora

  • Richmond Hill

  • Vaughan

  • Virtual - Ontario wide

Education:

  • Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Brock University

  • Master of Health Science in Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto

Clinical Areas of Focus:

  • Early language skills

  • Special interest in supporting autistic children

  • AAC

  • Gestalt Language processors 

Professional Memberships and Associations:​

  • Registered with the College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO)

  • Member of Speech-Language & Audiology Canada (SAC)

  • Member with the Hanen Centre (certified in It Takes Two to Talk)

Professional Development:​

  • Lidcombe Fluency Program

  • Meaningful Speech course (for the evaluation and treatment of Gestalt Language Processors)

  • Digging Deeper: An in-depth look at Motor Speech Treatment (presented by the Speech & Stuttering Institute)

  • Autism Essentials Course by Reframing Autism (an Autistic-led neuro-affirming Autism overview)

Languages:

  • English

Abinayaa (Abi) Kannan (she/her)

Speech-Language Pathologist, M.Sc.

Abi is accepting new clients. ​

  • Virtual: Ontario-wide

Education:

  • Bachelor in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research

  • Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research

Clinical Areas of Focus:

  • Articulation and Phonology

  • Gestalt Language Processing

  • Language and Parent training

  • AAC

Professional Memberships and Associations:​

  • Registered with the College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO)

  • Member of Speech-Language & Audiology Canada (SAC)

  • Member of Indian Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ISHA)

  • Member with the Hanen centre (certified in More than Words)

Professional Development:​

  • Natural Language Acquisition professional training program (Communication Development centre)

  • Diagnosis and treatment of CAS using Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC) (Once upon a time foundation)

  • AVAZ certified Alternative and Augmentative Communication Professional

Languages:

  • Proficiency in both English and Tamil

  • Limited working proficiency in Hindi

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